minor term

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noun

1. logic the subject of the conclusion of a syllogism, also occurring as the subject or predicate in the minor premise

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minor term

No pages are made of paper— the conclusion would appear paradoxical, if the minor term were there taken in a different sense from that which it bore in its proper premiss.

From Deductive Logic by St. George William Joseph Stock

If the middle term, as thus restricted, is still found in the minor term, the argument is valid; if not, it fails.

From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Madhava Acharya

Of the other terms, mortal, which is the more inclusive, is known as the major term, and Socrates, the less inclusive, as the minor term.

From The Making of Arguments by J. H. Gardiner

Now, taking the syllogism formally, this is true: if the conclusion go beyond the premises, there must be either four terms, or illicit process of the major or minor term.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Carveth Read

But the minor term is distributed in the conclusion, as being the subject of an A proposition, and must therefore be distributed in the minor premiss, in order to which it must be the subject.

From Deductive Logic by St. George William Joseph Stock

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